(1) Termination of any Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions, including any special conditions of the agreement, entered into between the consumer and the Licensee.
(2) Save as provided in sub-regulation (1) above and without prejudice to the rights of the Licensee or of the consumer under the Act for recovery/payment of any amount due under the Agreement, the Agreement may be terminated:
(i) by the Licensee, if the power supply to a consumer remains disconnected for a continuous period of more than 6 (six) months for non-payment of charges or dues or non-compliance of any direction issued under these Regulations, after giving a 15 (fifteen) days notice period to the consumer.
(ii) by the consumer.
(3) In all cases of termination of Agreement under sub-regulation (2) (ii), the Licensee shall arrange for special meter reading, at a mutually acceptable date and prepare final bill. Such bill shall be stamped as final bill. The agreement shall be terminated only on payment of final bill.
(4) On receipt of the payment of the final bill, the Licensee shall issue receipt with ‘Final Bill’ stamped on it.
This receipt shall be treated as ‘No dues certificate’.
(5) On termination of the agreement, the Licensee shall be entitled to remove the service line and other equipment of the Licensee from the premises of the consumer.
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(6) During the period of temporary disconnection, the consumer shall be liable to pay the fixed charges to the Licensee.
(7) Any application for revival of the connection after permanent disconnection shall be treated as an application for new connection and would be processed only after clearance of all outstanding dues applicable, if any:
{Explanation:- For the purpose of this Regulation, permanent disconnection shall mean, a case of Termination of agreement or where power supply to a consumer remains disconnected for a continuous period of more than 6 (six) months and the Licensee shall be entitled to remove the service line and other equipment of the Licensee from the premises of consumer.
Temporary disconnection shall mean when the premises of a consumer has been disconnected due to non-payment of bills of the Licensee up to a period of 6 (six) months and during period of Temporary Disconnection, the Licensee shall not remove its service line and other equipment upto a period of 6 (six) months}.